REDISCOVERING ZEN’S ROOTS IN ANCIENT CHINA

Join us Apr 6 - 8 for Rediscovering Zen's Roots in Ancient China with philosopher David Hinton who teaches at Columbia University. His books include Existence: A Story, The Wilds of Poetry, and his translation of the Ch'an classic No-Gate Gateway (Wu-men Kuan) is forthcoming.

Practicing Right and Mindful Speech

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Recorded on March 28th, 2007

This is one of the hardest topics that one can usually approach in the West as we typically try to be expressive and somewhat confrontational in our interactions with each other. However, the field of Right Speech can be more subtle.

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Roshi gives the four Gatekeepers of Speech:
Is it true?
Is it kind?
Is it beneficial?
Is it necessary?
and she adds, Is it the right time?